tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post835038788743105796..comments2018-03-19T09:05:51.167-04:00Comments on String Too Short to Tie: Swimming at the Yvanillahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11978025976591113499noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-76355786670729353472017-03-09T19:45:29.475-05:002017-03-09T19:45:29.475-05:00Lin, always ready to help, I am happy that I direc...Lin, always ready to help, I am happy that I directed you here.<br />From reading Duck and Wheel I had surmised that you were one of those naiads. Laughing at the jocks seems exactly your kind of sport. Good for you.vanillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978025976591113499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-33751952890641821332017-03-09T19:03:06.018-05:002017-03-09T19:03:06.018-05:00AHA! I knew it! Sorry I missed this!
Being on th...AHA! I knew it! Sorry I missed this!<br /><br />Being on the swim team, I could not wait for the swimming rotation for gym class. We was fancy...we had our own pool inside of the school. <br /><br />Oh, what joy there was in lapping all those moronic football &quot;heros&quot; in the pool and chuckling at their gaspy breaths when they finally finished. There was also much joy in knowing that I had a secured &quot;A&quot; in gym that semester.Linhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07042143254001890567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-80538843500363321892017-03-03T14:17:37.187-05:002017-03-03T14:17:37.187-05:00Grace, actually, mandatory swimming is a good idea...Grace, actually, mandatory swimming is a good idea. I am not much of a swimmer but I am grateful for the instruction I got in that distant and ancient time.vanillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978025976591113499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-15854094313175577792017-03-03T13:01:51.504-05:002017-03-03T13:01:51.504-05:00Ah, NYC public high school - with an olympic sized...Ah, NYC public high school - with an olympic sized swimming - gym classes mandatory for all 4 years of school (can&#39;t remember how many times a week) one semester of swimming - mandatory. From the late 1930&#39;s through the 1970&#39;s boys swam nude. Girls had baggy shapeless swimsuits. Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02779872914493612101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-13177897256561180982017-03-03T12:08:17.871-05:002017-03-03T12:08:17.871-05:00Jim, no matter the attire or lack thereof, I am gr...Jim, no matter the attire or lack thereof, I am grateful for the boys-only class. We did have a swim team and they wore swim attire.<br /><br />Sharkey, who knew? One suspects that things have changed. A lot. (I know I have.)vanillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978025976591113499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-3731794690133854122017-03-03T08:43:49.790-05:002017-03-03T08:43:49.790-05:00Well, you managed to post something I&#39;ve never...Well, you managed to post something I&#39;ve never heard of before. Who knew there was naked swimming at the Y!?Sharkbytes (TM)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08379841586422814410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3535543883262225735.post-27591517364328012442017-03-03T07:40:58.184-05:002017-03-03T07:40:58.184-05:00By the time I got to that age, at the school that ...By the time I got to that age, at the school that then hosted the #1 swim team in the state, students were being issued these ill-fitting black rubbery trunks (and full suits for the girls). None of us liked them much. I remember thinking even then that this was one class that should have segregated the girls from the boys.Jim Greyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06941665968757241278noreply@blogger.com